"Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"Beauty without expression is boring." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"Every artist was first an amateur." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

"Finish each day / And be done with it / You have done what you could / Some blunders and / Absurdities have crept in / Forget them as soon as you can / Tomorrow is a new day / You shall begin it serenely / And with too high a spirit / To be encumbered by / Your old nonsense." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)